TIMOTHY A NEZ PERCE CHIEF: 1800-1891
Fairfield: Ye Galleon Pr, 1996. Soft cover. Originally copyrighted in 1983 by Alcorn and first published in 1985. Decorated glossy wraps. 73pp. Illus. Index. Map. Fine.
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BLASPHEMY: New and Selected Stories (Signed)
NYC: Grove Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 465pp. Signed (signature only) by Alexie on title page. Fine, like new in like new dj.
NAVAHOS HAVE FIVE FINGERS
OU, Norman, 1963, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 249pp. Bibliography. Index. The author really is "authors", as T. D. stands for Terry & Don, who have signed this copy. They lived & served at the Ganado Mission beginning in 1955. Ink place of purchase & year on lower ffep (Santa.....
CHIEF SEATTLE
Caxton, Caldwell, 1943, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Beautiful pictorial cloth. 390pp. Illust. Appendix: "Index Indian and Chinook Words". Extensive notes. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Owner's name top of title page. The classic biography of Chief Sealth of the Suquamish, after whom Seattle was named. Fine bright copy in.....
ALMIGHTY VOICE
Calgary: Frontier Publishing, 1971. Soft cover. This may be a first printing, but it is sometimes hard to determine on the Anderson books when a few later titles are listed on the back cover. Pictorial wraps. 47pp. Illus. References. Map. Brief biography of the "Cree outlaw." From the internet: "Almighty.....
AMERICAN INDIAN DESIGN & DECORATION.
NY, 1971. 1971. Reprint. Soft cover. Unabridged republication of expensive 1950 book. Pict wraps. Profusely & very descriptively illustrated with b/w drawings & a couple of color plates. Includes a couple of sections on Central & South A merica. Text block with rather minor crease first 60pps, else vg.
PACIFYING THE PLAINS: General Alfred Terry and the Decline of the Sioux, 1866-1890 (Contributions in Family Studies)
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 236pp. Illus. Index. Bibliography. Maps. Contributions in Military History #17. Fine. We do not believe this was published with a dust jacket, but are happy to be corrected if we are incorrect.
PEOPLE OF THE TOTEM: The Indians of the Pacific Northwest
London: Orbis, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition. 4to cloth. 128pp. Illus. Gift inscription on ffep. Excellent book on Northwest Coastal First Nations art and culture. Fine in vg+ dj.
DEATH, TOO, FOR THE-HEAVY-RUNNER
Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1982. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. 170pp. Illus. Bibliography. "... a beautifully written, moving account of the waning days of the Blackfeet Nation..." Vg.
ZUNI FETISHES: Using Native American Sacred Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight (Signed)
NY: HarperOne, 1993. Soft cover. This is the 7th printing, 1996. Medium-sized 4to pictorial wraps. 170pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Resources. Signed by Bennett. Fine.
ZUNI FETISHES: Using Native American Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight
Harper, NY, 1995, 1995. Soft cover. 7th printing. Small 4to in pictorial wraps. 170pp. Notes. Bibliography. Resources. Fine, like new.
POLE BLESSING
Denver: np, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. George Berlin, a clergyman (not the Chicago designer/artist) in Denver, in the early 1982 created several accomplished fine art paintings and prints. I did not know his art training, but it was advanced. Offered here is the Artist's Proof of his "Sun Dance: Pole.....
INDIAN RAIDS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, KANSAS,1864 AND 1869 - Story of Those Killed, With a History of the Monument Erected to Their Memory in Lincoln Court House Square, May 30, 1909
Lincoln, KS: Lincoln Sentinel Print, 1910. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps; cover with decorative border. Red image of American flag on back cover. 62pp. Illus. Fldg map. Laid in is stapled 8pp promo, "Subscribers To Lincoln Memorial Monument Fund", with list of dozens of named subscribers &.....
THE JOURNALS OF ETIENNE MERCIER: Queen Charlotte Islands, 1853
Custer WA: Orca Book Pub, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Oblong gilt-stamped pictorial 4to. 38pp. Beautifully illustrated by Miller - Northwest Coastal First Nations scenes in color with some hand-drawn vignettes. Inserted in back sleeve is companion cd, "written and performed by David Bouchard." From website of Quill and.....
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN IN THE SIERRA MADRE
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. 2nd printing of Scribner reprint. Cloth & boards. 128pp. Philanthropic Library label on ffep. Common, but this copy fine in vg dj.
THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX.
Boston, 1916. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Decorated cloth. 312pp. Frontispiece. A novel. Ink gift name & date. Penciled list of tribes on front paste down. Wear to head & toe of spine. No dj. Good. Scarce.
NORTHWESTERN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. Reprint. Soft cover. 1st printing of the Bison Books edition. Pictorial trade wraps. 373pp. Appendix. Index. First published in 1907, "accounts of military operations inthe Nez Perce War and the Modoc War." Vg.
INDIANS IN EARLY DAY OREGON
Portland & Prineville: Braly Pub Co, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 42pp. Illustrated with drawings & drawn maps. "This book is meant to be a capsule study of Indians of early Oregon and their wars with the white people, especially those which occurred in the.....
THE INDIAN CAPTIVE: A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON, IN HIS THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA
Tucson: Territorial Press, 1964. Reprint. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, 1st thus. 12mo printed wraps. 68pp. Originally published in Cleveland in 1860. A remarkable account with the subject being taken in Ohio & eventually sold in the far west. This is the high-quality Territorial Press reprint, much to be desired over.....
CHIPPEWA MOONS (12 illustrated note cards)
Bayfield: Sunshine Studios, 1988. First Edition. Soft cover. 12 original & unused folded note cards with front color designs by Bresette, "a Lake Superior Chippewa from the Red Cliff Reservation", b.1947- d.1999. The cards, each with a striking original color design, represent the 12 months of the year. The packet.....
LILLOOET-FRASER HERITAGE RESOURCE STUDY: Vol. I, IIA
Victoria: Heritage Conservation Branch, Province of British Columbia, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printings. 4to pictorial wraps. 285pp. total. Well-illustrated with photos and an abundance of maps historical and recent. First two volume (of four issued) of an incredibly broad and deep study of First Nations & European history.....
BLACK WARRIOR CHIEFS A History of the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Fort Worth: Privately Printed, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound. 211pp. Illust. Bibliography. Appendices: "Chronology, Seminole Negro Indian History", "Roster Seminole Negro Indian Scouts August 1870 to September 1914". Endpaper maps of Frontier forts in Indian Territory, Texas, & border states. An important contribution to the subject. Fine, like new. No.....
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE (English edition printed in Taiwan!)
Taipei, Taiwan: Ming-Huei Chen, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. Pirated edition printed from plates of the 1972 2nd printing. Maroon-red cloth. Dimensions (14.5 cm x 21 cm) smaller than the authorized American edition than the American edition. 487pp. Illus. Note. Bibliography. Index. Printed in a thinner grade paper than the standard.....
THE FIGHTING NORTHS and Pawnee Scouts Narratives and Reminiscences of Military Service on the Old Frontier
New York & Lincoln: Privately Printed & Nebraska State Hist. Soc. 1932. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 72pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & maps. Printed three columns to a page, a very attractively published book loaded with information on the Indian Wars and the North brothers.....
A WESTERN PIONEER OR, INCIDENTS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REV. ALFRED BRUNSON, A.M., D.D.K, Embracing a Period of Over Seventy Years. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF (TWO VOLUMES)
Cincinnati: Hitchcock and Walden, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Both volumes in the first edition, first printing, 1872 & 1879 respectively. Original blindstamped 8vo cloth. 418pp + 413pp. Original old private library printed label on front paste down of vol. 1: "287 JE KETCHUM'S LIBRARY." Wiki says, "Alfred Brunson (February 9.....